different between yad vs yah

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew ??? (yád, “hand”)

Noun

yad (plural yads or yadim)

1. (Judaism) A pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading.

Etymology 2

From the Tifinagh alphabet.

Noun

yad

1. The letter ? in the Tifinagh alphabet.

Anagrams

• Day, d'ya, day, ? Day

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j?d]

Etymology 1

From Common Turkic *y?t (“alien, foreign, unfamiliar”). Cognate with Bashkir ?? (yat), Kazakh ??? (jat),Uzbek yot (“alien, foreign”), Turkmen ýat etc.

Adjective

yad (comparative daha yad, superlative ?n yad)

1. alien, strange, foreign
2. unfamiliar

   Synonym: özg?

Derived terms

• yadplanetli (“extraterrestrial”)

Noun

yad (definite accusative yad?, plural yadlar)

1. stranger

   Synonym: özg?

Declension

Derived terms

• yadplanetli (“alien”)

Etymology 2

From Persian ???? (yâd).

Noun

yad (definite accusative yad?, plural yadlar)

1. memory

Declension

Derived terms

• yadda? (“memory”)
• yadda qalmaq (“to remember”)
• yadda saxlamaq (“to remember”)
• yaddan ç?xmaq (“to forget”)
• yada dü?m?k (“to come to mind”)
• yada salmaq (“to remind”)

Related terms

• yadigar (“memento”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

yad

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of ya (“which (relative)”)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from non-rhotic English yard.

Noun

yad (nominative plural yads)

1. yard

Declension

English

Etymology 1

An alternative pronunciation, akin to yeah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??/, /j??/

Adverb

yah (not comparable)

1. (Britain, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Yes.

   Yah, we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.

Translations

Interjection

yah

1. An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster.

Translations

Etymology 2

From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??/

Noun

yah (plural yahs)

1. (Britain, informal) An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.

Translations

Anagrams

• AYH, Hay, YHA, hay

Gullah

Etymology

Variant of yuh (“here”).

Adverb

yah

1. here

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jah/
• Rhymes: -jah, -ah

Noun

yah

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

Manx

Interjection

yah?

1. Alternative form of yagh

Navajo

Etymology

Compare Carrier yoh (“house”)

Postposition

yah

1. inside, into an enclosed space, into an enclosure

Zhuang

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ja?/
• Tone numbers: ya⁶
• Hyphenation: yah

Noun

yah (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography ya?)

1. wife
2. mother-in-law (husband's mother)
3. old woman; granny

Classifier

yah (old orthography ya?)

1. Classifier for elderly women.